Wild Rift 2.5 Patch Notes: New Champions and Skins

Wild Rift 2.5 Patch Notes

It's been almost a year since League of Legends: Wild Rift's regional open beta first launched, and a lot has changed since then. Wild Rift has given fans plenty of battle passes, events, skins, championships, and more to enjoy throughout the year. And now the developers have announced what's coming next for players with the Wild Rift 2.5 Patch Notes.

New Champions

Veigar

Caitlyn

Jayce

Gameplay

• Riot Games will bring a second Rift Herald to Wild Rift in Patch 2.5 to draw more attention to the Baron side of the map. According to game director Alan Moore, the developers want to achieve a goal like "getting ahead of Baron, encouraging more team fights that aren't focused on Dragon, and increasing a player's individual carry power since the Herald can be taken solo."
• Rift Herald will deal and take more damage when charging into turrets. With these changes, Baron's initial spawn time will be delayed, but its respawn time will not change.

Battle Pass

A new battle pass arrives this month with Patch 2.5, offering a free Hexplorer Tristana skin and more rewards. Riot is also changing how rewards are displayed to better clarify the differences between the base and premium pass.

Matchmaking System

• The Wild Rift 2.5 patch will improve the matchmaking system and base it on player performance instead of rank alone. This change aims to make matches fairer overall.
• Players will now sometimes see a wider rank gap in their games. When this happens, a new icon will appear on the loading screen card of lower-ranked players to indicate they're playing at a skill level above their rank.

New Events and Skins